Economies around the globe have evolved into being largely service-oriented economies. Consumers no longer just want a printer or a car, they rather ask for a printing service or a mobility service. In addition, service-oriented organizations increasingly exploit new devices, technologies and infrastructures. …

Iedereen heeft wel een mening over taal. Over het gebruik van 'hun hebben', over de taal van Cruijff, over sms-taal, over Engelse woorden in het Nederlands. Maar wat weten we eigenlijk van taal? In De taalcanon komen alle belangrijke vragen over taal aan bod. Kun je je moedertaal ook vergeten? Verschilt …

De Leefstijltraining-PLUS is een module voor behandeling en begeleiding van mensen met een Lichte Verstandelijke Beperking (LVB) en problematisch middelengebruik. De training is gebaseerd op de Achilles Leefstijltraining 2 (De Wildt, 2006) en ontwikkeld door het lectoraat GGZ-verpleegkunde van Hogeschool …

There is a paucity of recent, formal education research that listens directly to students’ views of learning with technologies. Much of the research that has been conducted has tended to focus on evaluating students’ current experiences within a specific course, or concerned with tangible issues such …

The purpose of the research was the development of a questionnaire that can measure the behaviour of groups of students (for instance departments' cohorts) in Personal Information Management (PIM). Variables for the questionnaire were derived from the international literature on PIM. The questionnaire …

In this paper the design and development of a new type of greenhouse with an integrated filter for reflecting near infrared radiation (NIR) and a solar energy delivery system is described. Especially the optical parts as the spectral selective film, the properties of the circular reflector and the efficiencies …

The use of the word “social” in the context of information technology goes back to the very beginnings of cybernetics. It later pops up in the 1980s context of “groupware.” The recent materialist school of Friedrich Kittler and others dismissed the use of the word “social” as irrelevant fluff – what …

Player behavioural modelling has grown from a means to improve the playing strength of computer programs that play classic games (e.g., chess), to a means for impacting the player experience and satisfaction in video games, as well as in cross-domain applications such as interactive storytelling. In …

Game development businesses often choose Lua for separating scripted game logic from reusable engine code. Lua can easily be embedded, has simple interfaces, and offers a powerful and extensible scripting language. Using Lua, developers can create prototypes and scripts at early development stages. However, …